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Figure 1. Treatment allocation according to CONSORT guidelines. AML, acute myeloid
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leukemia; ALL, acute lymphoblastic leukemia; MDS, myelodysplastic syndrome; JMDP, Japan
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Marrow Donor Program; UD, unrelated donor; CBT, cord blood transplantation; CR, complete
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remission; BMT, bone marrow transplantation; PBSCT, peripheral blood stem cell transplantation;
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SCT, stem cell transplantation.
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Figure 2. Overall survival (OS) depicted with Kaplan–Meier estimates of cord blood
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transplantation (CBT) and unrelated donor transplantation (UDT) recipients. There was no
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statistically significant difference in OS between CBT and UDT (log-rank test, P = 0.59). HR,
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hazard ratio.
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Figure 3. Disease-free survival (DFS) depicted with Kaplan–Meier estimates of cord blood
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transplantation (CBT) and unrelated donor transplantation (UDT) recipients. DFS was comparable
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between CBT and UDT (log-rank test, P = 0.92). HR, hazard ratio.
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Figure 4. Overall survival (OS) stratified by refined disease risk index (rDRI) in (A) cord blood
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transplantation (CBT) and (B) unrelated donor transplantation (UDT). Int, intermediate.
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Figure 5. Cumulative incidence of (A) non-relapse mortality (NRM) and (B) relapse after stem cell
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transplantation according to graft source. The 2-year cumulative incidences of NRM were 14.7%
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(95% CI, 8.9–21.7%) in CBT and 20.2% (95% CI, 12.6–29.1%) in UDT (Gray’s test, P = 0.38).
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The 2-year cumulative incidences of relapse were 30.6% (95% CI, 22.4–39.2%) in CBT and 24.9%
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(95% CI, 16.5–34.3%) in UDT (Gray’s test, P = 0.45).
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